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Getting better connected
There’s been a lot in the media about mobile phone coverage and how much better foreign travellers as they skip to the network with the best signal as they move from...
Zombies are about
It may be appropriate that a zombie network was created at Hallow’een time, but a host of well-known websites like Gov, Twitter, Spotify, Reddit, SoundCloud and PayPal...
Are you sleeping well?
The stats say that, on average, it takes 7 minutes to fall asleep, but people who have electronic gadgets in the bedroom often find it takes much longer. If you’ve got...
How to get the best from your IT support team
When you sign up to an IT support service it is usually perceived as the number to call when things go wrong, but it should be much more than that. A good IT support...
Clever nerds or crafty thieves?
A bunch of nerds came up with some coding that developed into the Kodi box (formerly the Xbox Media Center)– which is a media centre box that the viewing public took to...
‘There’s something wrong with my computer!’
When you understand technology some things seem ‘obvious’. When you’re not a techie it’s easy to overlook things. These are some of the frequent support requests we...
How fast?
The advent of 5G is already planned for 2020 for the commercial market, but earlier for the technology world. This means really high speed connection. It’s not just a...
Evolving Technology
Every day something new appears in the technology news and you can guarantee that there will be a section of the community that will shake their heads and insist it’s a...
Better safe than sorry
Your Mum probably said this about all kinds of things when you were a kid, but it’s not a bad rule to live by. Now we’re all linked to the rest of the world online...
Transatlantic cable: ancient and modern
In 1866 the first successful telegraph cable was laid across the Atlantic from the UK to Newfoundland in North America. That means it’s now 150 years old. This wasn’t...
QuickTime causes GoSlow!
Nearly every day at the moment we get clients whose computers are not behaving themselves and, when we check out the problem, it’s often solved by simply removing an...
Eventful connections
If you’re holding an event that usually involves lots of people – and, although most people are used to using their phone signal to get online, it may depend on how...
What is Superfast broadband?
There’s a lot of discussion about Superfast broadband, but what does that really mean? There are two speeds to think about – upload speed and download speed. Upload...
High speed transport or stay at home?
Never mind the high speed trains that keep causing controversy in the UK – what about the Hyperloop? This is based on a tube with a magnetically suspended train...
Seeing is believing
As we get older most of us need to resort to either contact lenses or specs to correct our vision. However, there are many people who have health issues that have a...
Robots take to the streets
Watch out for cute little robot delivery vehicles around London soon. They will be off on their mission to deliver fast food to customers across the capital - robots...
It’s not just Big Brother watching you
The rot is insidious – we are now used to seeing ads appearing in our Facebook feeds that relate to our recent purchases or websites we’ve visited; but most of us are...
What Microsoft hasn’t told you
Most of the bugs in Windows 10 have been ironed out now – and we are recommending that our clients upgrade. However, Microsoft have taken their nagging us to upgrade...